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6 Tales And Stories

B. Complete the sentences with the past
continuous of the verbs in brackets.

1. Sally to the airport; she was
going to the station. (not/go)
2. The students to the teacher, so
she stopped talking. (not/listen)
3. At seven o’clock on Sunday, we
the football game on TV. (watch)
4. Our teacher wasn’t at school yesterday so
she . (not/teach)

5. All the students in the class at
ten o’clock yesterday. (study)

6. I the grass and John was
watching me. (cut)
7. The secretary the papers for
most of the morning. (read)
8. At ten o’clock in the morning, the children
in the park. (play)
9. Sue and her friend
next to her. (cry/stand)
10. Jim didn’t hear me because he
about his future. (think)

C. Fill in the blanks with the past simple or the
past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I (hurt) my back while I (carry)
the suitcases.
2. When Mary (lose) her credit
card, she (do) the shopping for
D. Read the text and mark the sentences as true
her party.
(T) or false (F).
3. Our goalkeeper (break) his
finger while he (try) to catch 1. Mount Vesuvius started to erupt at midnight.
the ball. 2. First an earthquake hit the area, and then
4. When I last (see) her, she (drink) Vesuvius’s top split open.
coffee with her best friend. 3. All of the people in Pompeii climbed Mount
5. While Jan (look for) a bank, he Vesuvius to watch the eruption.
(meet) one of his old friends. 4. The people of Pompeii started to run away

6. Fortunately, he (not/drive) when stones and pumice started to fall on the
very fast when he (hit) the old town.
woman. 5. Vesuvius used to be an active volcano in Italy.

7. My father (not/be) in the army 6. Only 16,000 people were wounded during the
when the Second World War (break out) eruption.
.

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